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Arabs inch closer to old dream of joint Arab forcehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3442992-arabs-inch-closer-to-dream-joint-arab-force.html
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Arab leaders meeting this weekend in this Egyptian Red Sea resort are moving closer than ever to creating a joint Arab military force, a sign of a new determination among Saudi Arabia, Egypt and their allies to intervene aggressively in regional hotspots, whether against Islamic militants or spreading Iranian power.
Creation ...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:35:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3442992-arabs-inch-closer-to-dream-joint-arab-force.html2015-03-27T07:35:00ZEgypt to try police officer for killing female protesterhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3420744-egypt-to-try-police-officer-killing-female-protester.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's chief prosecutor on Tuesday referred a police officer to trial for the killing of a female protester during a peaceful demonstration in a case that has captured public attention largely because it was filmed and documented in detail.
The death of 32-year old Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a mother of a young boy, in January on the eve of the 201...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:06:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3420744-egypt-to-try-police-officer-killing-female-protester.html2015-03-17T15:06:00ZEgypt court sentences 14 Islamists to deathhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3419614-egypt-court-sentences-14-islamists-to-death.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's official news agency says a criminal court has sentenced 14 people, including the leader of the country's banned Muslim Brotherhood, to death.
The Giza Criminal Court issued its decision on Monday, however the court set an April 11 date to formally issue the ruling after consulting with the country's grand mufti; the mufti reviews all...Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3419614-egypt-court-sentences-14-islamists-to-death.html2015-03-16T20:07:00ZBusinesses upbeat on Egypt's chances at investment meetinghttp://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/3416138-businesses-upbeat-egypts-chances-investment-meeting.html
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Corporate leaders offered upbeat assessments Saturday of Egypt's economic prospects and confidence in the government's ongoing efforts to streamline the country for business after four years of unrest, as companies signed billion dollar deals at a conference aimed at spurring investment.
The meeting, a cornerstone of the gove...Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:59:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/3416138-businesses-upbeat-egypts-chances-investment-meeting.html2015-03-14T19:59:00ZBlasts hit police, army in Egypt's Sinai; 2 dead, 46 hurthttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3405576-blasts-hit-police-army-egypts-sinai-2-dead-46-hurt.html
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — A suicide bomber and roadside explosives targeting police and military in northeastern Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula killed two and wounded 46 early Tuesday, security officials said. In a city south of Cairo, two suspected militants died when a bomb they were carrying on a motorbike exploded.
Egypt has battled a burgeoning insurge...Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:59:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3405576-blasts-hit-police-army-egypts-sinai-2-dead-46-hurt.html2015-03-10T10:59:00ZUnder new king, Saudi interests may diverge from Egypthttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3403846-under-king-saudi-interests-diverge-egypt.html
CAIRO (AP) — Under its new monarch, Saudi Arabia appears to be moving to improve relations with Turkey and Qatar and soften its stance against the Muslim Brotherhood with the aim of weakening Iran. The shift could lead to pressure on its ally Egypt to reconcile with them as well.
The pressure, however, threatens to open frictions within the alliance betwe...Mon, 09 Mar 2015 16:52:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3403846-under-king-saudi-interests-diverge-egypt.html2015-03-09T16:52:00ZEgypt executes man for throwing 2 to their deaths from roofhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3400706-egypt-executes-man-throwing-2-to-their-deaths-roof.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt executed a man by hanging on Saturday, the first capital punishment carried out in connection with violence that followed the ouster of the country's Islamist president in 2013.
The Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police, said in a statement that Mahmoud Ramadan was behind the deaths of a young man and a child who were thrown o...Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:57:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3400706-egypt-executes-man-throwing-2-to-their-deaths-roof.html2015-03-07T19:57:00ZSilence in Egypt over police abuses amid "war on terror"http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3398746-silence-egypt-police-abuses-amid-war-terror.html
CAIRO (AP) — Three men killed in a single day in the Egyptian capital, their deaths united by one common factor: Each was killed by police.
One was a minibus driver, shot to death when he tried to elude officers asking for his license. Another was a 19-year-old under police guard in a hospital bed after suffering a gunshot wound. The teen allegedly taunte...Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:21:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3398746-silence-egypt-police-abuses-amid-war-terror.html2015-03-06T15:21:00ZEgypt's el-Sissi replaces interior minister in reshufflehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3396318-egypts-el-sissi-replaces-interior-minister-reshuffle.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Thursday replaced the country's powerful interior minister as part of a Cabinet reshuffle, in what was taken as a sign of growing frustration at the security forces' inability to staunch an increasingly virulent insurgency.
Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim played a key role in el-Sissi's 2013 oust...Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:41:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3396318-egypts-el-sissi-replaces-interior-minister-reshuffle.html2015-03-05T19:41:00ZBomb blast in downtown Cairo kills 1, wounds 10 peoplehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3388988-bomb-blast-downtown-cairo-kills-1-wounds-10-people.html
CAIRO (AP) — A midday bomb blast in a boulevard in downtown Cairo killed one person and wounded 10 on Monday, the health ministry said. Shortly afterward, a little-known group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bomb was hidden under a car parked near the High Court — the country's highest criminal court — and went off in Cairo's Ramses neighborhoo...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:00:10 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3388988-bomb-blast-downtown-cairo-kills-1-wounds-10-people.html2015-03-02T19:00:10ZNew Saudi king meets Turkey leader amid thaw in relationshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3389310-saudi-king-meets-turkey-leader-amid-thaw-relations.html
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In a meeting that marks a thaw in diplomatic ties, King Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday discussed regional issues such as the ongoing war in Syria, Iran nuclear talks and turmoil in Yemen.
Relations between the two countries had become tense under the late Saudi King Abdullah, largely due to Erdogan'...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:50:39 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3389310-saudi-king-meets-turkey-leader-amid-thaw-relations.html2015-03-02T17:50:39ZEgypt court declares part of election law unconstitutionalhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3387340-egypt-court-declares-election-law-unconstitutional.html
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Sunday ruled as unconstitutional a clause in the election law that draws voting districts, a verdict that is almost certain to delay parliamentary elections scheduled to start later this month.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a statement that he has ordered the government to adopt the "necessary legislative amendm...Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:05:01 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3387340-egypt-court-declares-election-law-unconstitutional.html2015-03-01T18:05:01ZEgyptian court declares Hamas a 'terrorist organization'http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386394-egyptian-court-declares-hamas-terrorist-organization.html
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court declared Hamas a "terrorist organization" on Saturday, further isolating the blockaded rulers of the Gaza Strip once openly welcomed by the country's toppled Islamist-dominated government.
The ruling is unlikely to have any immediate effect on Hamas, still reeling from last summer's war with Israel and choked by an Israeli-E...Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:59:31 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386394-egyptian-court-declares-hamas-terrorist-organization.html2015-02-28T17:59:31ZEgypt court sentences Brotherhood leaders to life in prisonhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386288-egypt-court-sentences-brotherhood-leaders-to-life-prison.html
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced five leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to life in prison on Saturday over violence at their headquarters in 2013 and issued death sentences for four others.
The case stems from clashes in a Cairo suburb on June 30, 2013, four days before the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, that killed 11 p...Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:46:10 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386288-egypt-court-sentences-brotherhood-leaders-to-life-prison.html2015-02-28T14:46:10ZEgypt: Series of blasts in Cairo kill 1, wound at least 7http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3379502-egypt-series-blasts-cairo-kill-1-wound-7.html
CAIRO (AP) — A series of blasts in Cairo on Thursday killed one person and wounded at least seven, Egyptian security officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks using homemade explosives that authorities blame on Islamist militants.
The officials said four bombs exploded in the residential districts of Imbabah and Mohandiseen in the Egyptian capital, ...Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:07:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3379502-egypt-series-blasts-cairo-kill-1-wound-7.html2015-02-26T11:07:38ZEgyptian president issues new anti-terrorism lawhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3376062-egyptian-president-issues-anti-terrorism-law.html
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian president has issued a law that broadens the state's definition of terrorism to include anyone who threatens public order "by any means," and gives authorities powers to draw up lists of alleged terrorists with little judicial recourse.
Under the new law, prosecutors can name someone a terrorist, freezing their assets, and barrin...Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:59:30 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3376062-egyptian-president-issues-anti-terrorism-law.html2015-02-24T17:59:30ZEgyptian court sentences activist to 5 years in prisonhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3373444-egyptian-court-sentences-activist-to-5-years-prison.html
CAIRO (AP) — A prominent Egyptian activist behind the 2011 uprising was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday over an unauthorized but peaceful protest, signaling authorities' determination to stifle dissent a day after President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi vowed to release "wrongly jailed youths."
The verdict in the retrial of well-known activist Alaa Ab...Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:36:15 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3373444-egyptian-court-sentences-activist-to-5-years-prison.html2015-02-23T19:36:15ZEgypt postpones retrial of 2 Al-Jazeera English journalistshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3373338-egypt-postpones-retrial-2-al-jazeera-english-journalists.html
CAIRO (AP) — The retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists who face terror-related charges in a case widely criticized by human rights organizations and media groups has been postponed to March 8.
The decision Monday comes after a brief hearing for acting bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed. They were freed earlier this mon...Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:24:32 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3373338-egypt-postpones-retrial-2-al-jazeera-english-journalists.html2015-02-23T10:24:32ZEgypt's el-Sissi says need growing for joint Arab forcehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3372226-egypts-el-sissi-growing-joint-arab-force.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president said Sunday that the need for a joint Arab military force is growing every day as the region faces the threat of Islamic militancy.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in an address to the nation aired by local TV that Egypt's military has no interest in invading or attacking other nations, but will defend Egypt as well as ...Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:13:50 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3372226-egypts-el-sissi-growing-joint-arab-force.html2015-02-22T19:13:50ZEgypt prosecutor refers 215 to trial for forming armed grouphttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3371888-egypt-prosecutor-refers-215-to-trial-forming-armed-group.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top prosecutor has referred 215 alleged Islamists to trial in a criminal court on charges of forming armed groups responsible for killing half a dozen security personnel and damaging public property.
The prosecutor said Sunday in a statement that only 125 defendants are detained. No date has been set for the trial. Egypt's courts are ...Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:20:07 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3371888-egypt-prosecutor-refers-215-to-trial-forming-armed-group.html2015-02-22T13:20:07ZEgypt's resorts safe, German beauty contestants sayhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3368652-egypts-resorts-safe-german-beauty-contestants.html
SOMA BAY, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian authorities say they are fighting a war on terror at home and abroad, but that hasn't stopped the Miss Germany beauty pageant from organizing a flashy preliminary contest near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
Egypt's Red Sea resorts have taken a big hit financially since the country's 2011 uprising, but they still seem a wor...Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:43:13 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3368652-egypts-resorts-safe-german-beauty-contestants.html2015-02-20T11:43:13ZAl-Jazeera reporter in Egypt cites employer's 'negligence'http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3367628-al-jazeera-reporter-egypt-cites-employers-negligence.html
CAIRO (AP) — Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who is out awaiting retrial after more than a year behind bars in Egypt on terrorism-related charges, said his Qatar-funded employer is partially to blame for his grinding ordeal.
Fahmy said it would be "naive" and "misleading" to see the case purely as a crackdown on press freedom, because it was ...Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:37:11 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3367628-al-jazeera-reporter-egypt-cites-employers-negligence.html2015-02-19T21:37:11ZAl-Jazeera producer hopes to be cleared in Egypt retrialhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3362468-al-jazeera-producer-hopes-to-cleared-egypt-retrial.html
CAIRO (AP) — An Al-Jazeera English journalist who is getting to know his six-month-old son for the first time after spending more than a year in Egyptian prisons said Tuesday he was optimistic that a retrial beginning next week would exonerate him.
Baher Mohammed, 31, was initially sentenced to 10 years before an appeals court ordered a retrial for him an...Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:46:35 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3362468-al-jazeera-producer-hopes-to-cleared-egypt-retrial.html2015-02-18T07:46:35ZCorrection: Egypt storyhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3362138-correction-egypt-story.html
CAIRO (AP) — In a story Feb. 17 about an Egyptian military tribunal, The Associated Press, relying on a prosecutor, reported that ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi would stand trial before it on charges over violence in August 2013 in the city of Suez. A judicial official later said Morsi and senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater would not face charges as...Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:13:36 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3362138-correction-egypt-story.html2015-02-18T07:13:36ZGrief wracks Egypt village after its sons beheaded in Libyahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3360808-grief-wracks-egypt-village-sons-beheaded-libya.html
EL-AOUR, Egypt (AP) — This village of small mud alleys and brick homes is shattered by grief. Women draped in black are hoarse from screaming. Men sob in silence, at times shaking their heads as if to expel the horror from their minds.
Just last year, 13 young men from el-Aour, a Christian-majority farming community in Egypt's Nile River Valley, traveled ...Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:43:15 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3360808-grief-wracks-egypt-village-sons-beheaded-libya.html2015-02-16T19:43:15ZA look at the Islamic State group's reach into North Africahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3360370-islamic-groups-reach-north-africa.html
BEIRUT (AP) — The mass beheadings of Egyptian Christians by militants in Libya linked to the Islamic State group have thrown a spotlight on the threat the extremists pose beyond their heartland in Syria and Iraq, where they have established a self-declared proto-state. Militants in several countries — including Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia — have pledged all...Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:30:51 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3360370-islamic-groups-reach-north-africa.html2015-02-16T18:30:51ZOusted Egypt president starts latest trial on spying chargehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3358574-ousted-egypt-president-starts-latest-trial-spying-charge.html
CAIRO (AP) — A new trial for Egypt's ousted ex-president opened Sunday in Cairo, with prosecutors accusing him of espionage and leaking confidential information to Qatar while in office.
The hearing was swiftly adjourned and a new date set for Feb. 28 after the court ruled that the defense should consult with Mohammed Morsi and the other 10 defendants in ...Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:47:29 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3358574-ousted-egypt-president-starts-latest-trial-spying-charge.html2015-02-15T16:47:29ZBlast targeting Egyptian police kills 1, injures 9http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3355484-blast-targeting-egyptian-police-kills-1-injures-9.html
CAIRO (AP) — An explosive device struck a police patrol in the Egyptian capital Friday killing one police officer and injuring nine others, as street battles broke out in a nearby district known as a hotspot for pro-Islamist demonstrations.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said that a police officer later died from wounds sustained in the attack on his patrol in...Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:29:59 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3355484-blast-targeting-egyptian-police-kills-1-injures-9.html2015-02-13T14:29:59ZCanadian Al-Jazeera journalist Fahmy released from prisonhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3353238-canadian-al-jazeera-journalist-fahmy-released-prison.html
CAIRO (AP) — Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy was released from an Egyptian prison on Friday, after spending more than a year behind bars on terror-related charges in a case that was denounced as a sham by rights groups and the international community. He was let out pending a retrial.
Fahmy's brother tweeted that he posted $33,000 bail follow...Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:49:08 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3353238-canadian-al-jazeera-journalist-fahmy-released-prison.html2015-02-13T06:49:08Z